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#ELLEPlaylist: Here's what 'Gully Boy' Divine is currently listening to

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By
ELLE team March 25, 2019

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In the early 2010s, long before Gully Boy, Divine (Vivian Fernandes) was spitting rhymes and honing his craft in an Andheri slum. He was part of a small underground community building a hip-hop scene in regional languages in a country that had so far only seen mainstream English/Punjabi rap. Divine's rap is all about his identity, city and struggles, and his honest lyrics struck a chord with audiences. Cut to: 2019. The Ranveer Singh-Alia Bhatt starrer brought Indian hip-hop into the mainstream. Ranveer's character, Murad, was inspired by Divine and fellow rapper Naezy's journeys. And thanks to the movie's phenomenal success, desi hip-hop is now cool.

In this week's edition of #ELLEPlaylist, in collaboration with Apple Music, the scene's OG rapper, Divine, tells us which songs he's listening to on loop: